The Cincinnati Fire Department said that two buildings were burned and a third was exposed to flames.

Officials said the total damages from the fire were estimated at $50,000.

No one was hurt in the fire; firefighters said no one was home when the fire broke out.

But Coleman Henderson didn't know the home was empty when he saw the fire from down the street.

"Seemed like the smoke seemed to intensify, so I jogged down the street, still had the broom and rake in my hand,” Henderson said. “The smoke seemed to intensify, so I started yelling, 'Is anyone home? Is anyone home?' So I ran up the steps to the door, tried to kick in the door several times until it broke open and I ran the entire first floor, yelling, 'Is anyone here? Is anyone here?' Then I ran to the second floor, but it was pitch black by the time I got there."

Neighbors were scared other homes would catch fire.

“It was almost like disbelief, you know, chaos,” Mary Brown said. “It was surreal, you know, just seeing how it could come down to where my home is. (I was) praying that it wasn't and praying that no one got hurt."

One firefighter suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene.

“Things can be replaced, people cannot,” said Brown.

Henderson said if anything he hoped someone would have done the same for him if his house were on fire.

“I could save somebody's life that's why I am here; I would want someone to do it for me,” Henderson said.

The fire required the help of 65 firefighters and took about 45 minutes to put out, authorities said.